It’s official. Donald John Trump, the Donald, will become the 45th President of the United States. Will he manage to make America great again? Only time will tell. What we already know is how MEPs reacted to the election results.

Gianmaria Sisti

Consultant

This is what we found out:

Yes, the US election was the most discussed topic the morning after. Hashtags like #electionight, #uselection2016, #electionday, etc… were the most popular ones while @realDonaldTrump was the most mentioned handle by MEPs on this side of the Atlantic.

The first ones to congratulate Mr Trump were, not surprisingly, Ms Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) – who said that now the American people are finally free – and Mr Farage (@Nigel_Farage) who praised the newly elected president for having fought a brave campaign. With almost 10,000 retweets & likes for Mr Farage and more than 16,000 for Ms Le Pen, their tweets were by far the most popular ones this morning:

If Mr Farage didn’t wait to congratulate Mr Trump, David Borrelli (EFDD Group) did not seem to pay much attention to the election and went on about his business talking about China and its market economy status (MES) recognition.